As predicted, Apple has just released the iOS (formerly known as iPhone firmware) update 4.1 This update comes amid the concerns from Consumer Rights group regarding the iPhone 4 reception issues which were confirmed by the report from Comsumer Rights group. The update iOS 4.1 is released for:
George Hotz, the famous guy behind the iPhone jailbreak and unlock solutions started off as Blackra1n has now shut down the blog on which he posted his iPhone jailbreak and unlock tutorials and his views on the alternative solutions. The blog is hosted on Blogger. Upon visiting the blog, you are now requested to log in with your Google ID so that it may check whether you are an authorized viewer of the blog.
Hulu Plus that was recently released by Hulu for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad was the only way to stream Hulu content (classic and new TV series) on your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad but the problem is its cost. Hulu Plus is expensive and even more for premium Hulu content for which you have to pay monthly subscription fee of $9.99. This problem will be solved very soon when PlayOn releases it’s app for iPhone and iPad.
Just last week, iTunes hack made top of the technology news when a Vietnamese app developer scooped (reportedly) 400 iTunes accounts to buy his own apps and bring them in the top 50 paid apps list in the ‘Books’ category. This time it’s a Chinese app developer who has managed to bring his app in the top paid app list in the ‘Travel’ category.
Frash is the name of the Flash port for iPad developed by Comex (famous for his recent iPhone 4 Jailbreak solution). With Frash you can view almost any Flash content rght on your iPad including popular social games like Farmville, Fishville etc. The current version of Frash does not support Flash video content which is expected in the next release.
The front and back facing camera on iPhone 4 have opened the gates for a million video chat apps. Chat-Roulette for iPhone 4 was a natural outcome of this new feature in iPhone 4. Now you can do live video chat with random people from around the globe using your iPhone 4. The only restriction, like in FaceTime is that both the ‘random’ persons need to have iPhone 4.
George Hotz, or @geohot as he is famously known has finally broken his silence on iPhone 4 jailbreak and has posted some fresh proceedings on his jailbreak. Prior to iPhone 4 launch, Geohot registered a domain name that resembled his one-click iPhone 2G, 3G, 3Gs and iPod Touch (2G and 3G non MC models) jailbreak tool Blackra1n. The new domain name was Limera1n. But ever since the release of iPhone 4, there was no update from Geohot on Jailbreak.
Fring has just been updated with the new version (3.2.0.5) and what’s different about it? You can now make 2 way video calls using Fring on 3G network and not only on Wi-Fi! When Steve Jobs introduced FaceTime, he said it was revolutionary and the very first time video calling has been made a reality on mobile phones but the problem was that you could not do FaceTime if you are not connected to a WiFi network.
The next iPod touch is expected to be released this September and the rumors have already begun. With wish lists of new features that might be added in the all new iPod touch 4, there have been some evidences of one thing that has been missing in iPod touch all this while: Camera.
A new day, a new issue discovered with Apple’s best selling iPhone ever – in fact, Apple’s best selling product ever. Boy Genius Report has ‘reported’ that an iPhone 4 caught fire, burnt and melted while it was being charged through the USB connector. There is no evidence of the circuit board mal function so the only thing that remains behind is the iPhone 4 itself. What will be Steve Jobs explanation this time?
Apple announced that the white edition of it's best selling iPhone ever - iPhone 4 - will start shipping after mid July and the reason was manufacturing delays. Even though Apple has somehow managed to keep the supply lines filled with the black version of iPhone 4, there are many fan boys waiting to lay their hands on the first ever white version of iPhone.
This is the first Apple store in Shanghai and this is also the first time Apple has shifted it’s design focus from Glass Cube to Cylindrical shape. Red curtains are being pulled over the cylindrical Apple ‘dome’ for the opening day but what’s revealed while the photos were shot is a piece of art, design and technology immersed in all glass. What’s different about this new Apple store in Shanghai is that it’s like a cylinder placed in what seems to be a big roundabout which makes the store visible from everywhere.
One thing you can say for sure is: iPhone 5 will not have any antenna/reception issues since the length of the antenna is now increased to a really ‘comfortable’ level. This image might not depict how the next iPhone 5 will look like.
Just yesterday it was reported that hundreds if not thousands of iTunes accounts were hacked and used by a Vietnamese iPhone app developer (now banned from App Store for violating Terms) “Thuat Nguyen” to make purchases of his 42 pirated Vietnamese books apps in the Books category of App Store. Today Apple responded to a query regarding the exact number of iTunes accounts hacked. It turns out that only 400 account were compromised. But is it really so?
With the release of Sn0wbreeze version 1.7 for Windows, you can jailbreak the following iDevices with it: